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Portrait of Abraham Velters (1603-1690)

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Portrait of Abraham Velters (1603-1690)
29
Sep

We have recently described a beautiful portrait of Amsterdam merchant and art collector Abraham Velters. It is a remarkable copy after a painting by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (1608-1651), last seen at Christie’s in 2012. The Rijksmuseum holds a copy of the marvellous portrait, but it’s much more clumsy and less neat than our watercolor. Find…

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Handcoloured engravings by Jan Goeree on Amsterdam

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Handcoloured engravings by Jan Goeree on Amsterdam
30
Apr

Recently, we added many handcoloured copper-engravings by Jan Goeree on the website. They are beautiful prints, on important historical buildings in Amsterdam. Good colours, relevant information on the prints, a real eye-catcher!   You can see all prints by Goeree by clicking this link: Jan Goeree overview

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